standing by with full coverage of the top stories. to breaking news now. president trump twisting arms at a luncheon with republican senators in a last-ditch effort to keep the plan going. is the president beating a dead horse here, phil? >> yesterday afternoon senate republicans were just ready to have the vote. they were ready to have it this week as soon as today, until the president called and said he wanted more time. why? we get to see it firsthand this afternoon. tonight president trump desperately deploying a last-minute pressure play on republican senators to revive the all but dead obamacare repeal effort. >> we're in this room today to deliver on our promise to the american people to repeal obamacare and to ensure that they have the health care that they need. we have no choice. we have to repeal and replace obamacare. >> reporter: surrounded by 49 gop senators, the president